How much money, in US dollars, is that bayonet worth? I'm not familiar with Euros or bayonets. All I know is I wouldn't want to get stuck by one! Especially one of the ones from WW1 that look like they could skewer about three people with one thrust!

How much money, in US dollars, is that bayonet worth? I'm not familiar with Euros or bayonets. All I know is I wouldn't want to get stuck by one! Especially one of the ones from WW1 that look like they could skewer about three people with one thrust!

Sarco are selling the bayonet & scabbard, but no frog, for US$30.oo

Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)

well - no need to worry of scewreing three people as this did not exist in WWI - nor is it long enough , the no9 is similar to the no5 - all WWII or later and about a half at best the length more likely a third , not to say id like being scewered by it any more , all are nasty

they go cheap in bayo prices as noted above , even with their scabbard bits ,

Could well have been a "squaddie special". But it's just as likely to be some underhand work from an employee at one of the Ordinance Factories. Where the slightly bored worker could lay hands on the odd bayonet, together with a worn out barrel waiting for the chop lying about and a workshop with the required tools to cut the barrel and fabricate. Just the thing for a Saturday night in Liverpool. Doesn't explain how it got to France though.

i agree - the bayo is most likely a legit - perhaps saveage - explains the faint S but the handle looks like someone with time on their hands did a fine job of it , if anyone finds something similar in a reference or has bought one in the past would love to know of it in detail , for now - ots trench art or fantasy item but a fun one to be sure - i would hold onto it ...unless someone offers you a proffit of course ,

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